I have finally got some CAD drawings to show you of my laser module holder. This is designed to hold my 660nm 100mW module in a Longbow Micra 2310s flashlight body with a McCapsule holding a MadMax. I have the module running on the MM and it is works very well.
I call my laser Crow-Fire. It is designed to start fires. I love to go camping and thought this would be a fun lighter. I have focused the beam coming out of the laser module to be like any other laser pointer. It is as tight of a beam as is possible when focused at infinity (60ft). To get the beam focused to the smallest possible point at a range of 2ft, I am designing a screw on close focusing scope (CFS). I have bench tested the optics and it is powerful, more on this later. The laser module holder has threads on the front of it so I can screw on the CFS.
This is the module holder with 1/2-13 threads on the front of it.
Here is a mock up of the front of the flashlight bezel with the Crow-Fire machined in brass and a trim ring to cover the CFS threads. The trim ring is anodized to match the flashlight.
I should be machining this part soon. I hope to post some photos of the CNC cutting the parts.
Cheers
Dave
I call my laser Crow-Fire. It is designed to start fires. I love to go camping and thought this would be a fun lighter. I have focused the beam coming out of the laser module to be like any other laser pointer. It is as tight of a beam as is possible when focused at infinity (60ft). To get the beam focused to the smallest possible point at a range of 2ft, I am designing a screw on close focusing scope (CFS). I have bench tested the optics and it is powerful, more on this later. The laser module holder has threads on the front of it so I can screw on the CFS.
This is the module holder with 1/2-13 threads on the front of it.
Here is a mock up of the front of the flashlight bezel with the Crow-Fire machined in brass and a trim ring to cover the CFS threads. The trim ring is anodized to match the flashlight.
I should be machining this part soon. I hope to post some photos of the CNC cutting the parts.
Cheers
Dave